Okay, so it's not my B-day anymore, technically, but I don't care. I had a decent day. I got to see my new nephew, Ayden, for the first time. I got to watch the Boca Juniors win their game! And, for the first time in years, I didn't have to make my own b-day cake. Well, cupcakes.

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee. Whoo!

1. - A friend posted a link to an article that had the source pic for this. I loved it so much I had to icon it. I should have saved the article link.

2. - I needed a House icon. And I needed an icon I could use for talk of food or hot men. This ep had just been on, so I screen-grabbed it and viola!

3. - OMG. This is the GREATEST PAIRING EVER. Seriously. Okay, so tea_and_opium and sanguine_cafune RP George Harrison and Greg House, among others, in a couple comms on LJ. In these various comms, House and George are, well, schtupping. It is, by far, the best pairing I have come across. They keep their George/House RP logs over at menage_a_tea. Even though I haven't gotten all of them read, I still love the pairing and it will remain my OTP until Conan/Me is an accepted pairing. :P

5. - I love the movie 1776. Like, I had about a month a few summers ago where I watched it every. single. day. I mentioned this and withered_rose85 was nice enough to make me a bunch. "Oh good God" is something John Adams says quite often when he's put out.

6. - Hahaha. This is from a pic of my nephew Ryan when he was about 2 years old. He looked like he was saying "WHAT?!" in this one to me. I needed a shocked icon, Ryan fit the bill in his infinite ability to come up with every facial expression imaginable.

Dad went with me to my appointment Tuesday b/c we were going to stop at the store on our way back. Also Connor went as well, b/c he asked and actually got ready in time. Probably not a great idea. When I was done we went back out to the car, where dad was napping and waiting, only to have a fire engine pull in right behind us. It had followed an ambulance to pick someone up. I don't know why, and when they found out they were at a Dr.s office, I don't know why they stayed. Anyway, they were there for half an hour. They finally left, so I went to start the car. Nothing. The battery was dead. So, after trying a couple more times, dad got out and opened the hood. You know, the international sign for 'my car isn't working. Please stop and help'. Of course, we were facing a divider and there was a car on one side. Someone else pulled in and looked at me as dad was pulling up the hood, but just went in. We sat there for another hour. A space opened up behind us, so dad pushed us back into it that way our hood was facing where people were reaching it. He went in to see if he could look up a number for someone to come give us a jump. While he was inside, some guy came and knocked on my window. He was an idiot.

Honestly. I mean, we were in the parking lot of a CLINIC. Did he honestly think I had money for that? Anyway, dad called and said the cheapest person he could find was $35 for a jump. I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous. He said he was going to grab a hamburger for Connor, since it was lunchtime. He also wanted to see if there were any little shops nearby that may give us a jump for a couple bucks. He came back a few minutes later with some Burger King. He called Neal then to see if he'd come up and give us a jump. He said he had to get ready, but he would. A little later some family pulled in next to us and the guy said, as they got out, 'I wonder if they only need a jump'. He asked, we said yes, he gave us a jump while his wife and kid went inside. We had been sitting there for 2 hours waiting for a jump. That's not counting the half hour we waited for the fire engine to move.

What is wrong with people? If we had been in Bowling Green, we would have had help within a half an hour. At one point dad said if he had money, he'd rent a billboard and have it say, "Toledo: The most unfriendly town I've ever been to."

Also, Happy 74th Birthday, Dean Stockwell! TCM has been playing Dean Stockwell movies all day. All from when he was pretty young. I wish they'd played some from when he was a bit older, but they're still good movies none-the-less.

Yesterday Corie asked me if I thought I could make her a Visual Kei Mask. I said I could and asked which type she wanted. She described it and gave me on old shirt that's too small for her now. I grabbed my scissors, needles and thread and began to get creative. Here is the result of a couple hours of designing, cutting and hand-stitching.

When I was done she was all, "WOW! You can make stuff! You should make those and sell them." It's a thought.

Just testing out the coding for the button/banner I made for Corie and brother to use on LJ/MySpace/Facebook/etc. I'm quite rusty on html, so I wanted to make sure the code I wrote is right and what I wanted. Please continue with your day. :)

I was talking to my cousin last night and the subject of Johnny Depp came up. She told me about a little exchange that took place not long ago between her, her boyfriend Tony and their 4 year-old daughter Serenity while they were watching PotC.

Serenity (in a dreamy voice): Johnny Depp is so cute.Tony: Shut up. You don't even know what cute is.Serenity: But he's SOOO cute. He's my boyfriend.Marina: Yeah, right. You'll have to beat me to him.Tony: How would you like it if I said that?Marina: You think Johnny Depp is cute, too?

1. Go to your desktop and press the Print Screen key (located to the right of the F12 key).

2. Open a graphics program (like PhotoFiltre, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).

3. Post the picture on your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop if you want. You can explain why you prefer such a look or why it is full of icons. Things like that.

4. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktops as well.

Little bit of a cheat since I was in the process of picking my new Desktop. Putting up the Before and After.

Before:

After:

The first one is a pic I took and edited. Second one was chosen from the Liv ones I've made and the Alizée one I made. By the three boys. I couldn't decide and gave them each a vote. They unanimously picked this one. :D

Ha. If this meme was from a week ago, I would have had a LOT more on my desktop. I have cleaned it up some. Still needs cleaned up a bit more. I have a bad habit of not cleaning up very often. I forget things on there for a while.

A few months ago, Ryan became obsessed with the anime Chobits, and more specifically, Sumomo. For the uninitiated, Sumomo is a mobile Persicom (personal computer), the equivelent of a laptop. He then decided that Sumomo was his girlfriend.

Anyway, a while ago, I made Ryan a little Sumomo doll to play with.

This is what Sumomo looks like:

Here's the one I made out of some drawing paper and a toilet paper roll.( Read more... )

Unfortunately, Connor is evil and has to ruin anything that belongs to his brothers when he doesn't have one, so she didn't last long.